[media-credit name=”RJ Sangosti, The Denver Post” align=”alignright” width=”270″][/media-credit] Cordillera Golf Club is making a comeback with a new membership drive.

Rising from the depths of bankruptcy and litigation, Cordillera Golf Club has signed up more than 300 new members as it drives toward next month’s reopening.

Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Troon Golf, selected to manage Cordillera after the club’s sale to Wind Rose Holdings in December, said Thursday its membership effort is continuing.

The 300 new members were part of a special offering that was available only to previous members and Cordillera homeowners who had never been members. Another 180 people have signed up for the interest list, and membership will be offered to the general public next week.Read more…

Got about $2.55 million gathering lint under your couch cushions? Then Karina Christensen and Rachel Betz have a deal for you.

A penthouse that originally was planned to be the luxury residence of disgraced developer Erik Osborn is back on the market. Instead of enjoying his penthouse at One Lincoln Park, Osborn was sentenced to 10 years in community corrections for felony theft for diverting funds earmarked for developments to his personal residence.

The unit at 2001 Lincoln St. was finished by another owner and then sold to a local executive who now has put it back on the market.

The 25th-floor penthouse, priced at $2.55 million, is fully furnished, and purchase of the furnishings and artwork is negotiable.

The unit features 3,400 square feet of indoor living space plus three outdoor patio areas, including one 1,400-square-foot area that can accommodate up to 200 people.

“Few penthouse patios can compete with this one for entertaining,” say Christensen and Betz, of Luxury Homes by Keller Williams at Keller Williams Downtown, who recently co-listed the property. “Guests will love the spectacular mountain and city views. And, if you love cars, this unit has its own six-car private garage to safely store your collection.”

Added Betz: “From the custom Pedini cabinetry (flown in from Italy) in the top-of-the-line gourmet kitchen to the handcrafted fixtures and finishes, this stunning residence will wow even the most sophisticated buyer. For relaxation, you can enjoy the private sauna, separate steam room and Zen room in the master suite — perfect for your massage therapist to visit you at home.”

Sales of luxury homes in the Denver metro area rose in November compared with November 2011.

A report from Gary Bauer based on MLS data shows 59 luxury homes and condos were sold in November, a 37 percent increase from the same month a year earlier. Reflecting the seasonal slowdown, that figure was down 16 percent from October’s 69 resales.

The dollar value of $1 million-plus homes sold in November was $91.2 million, a 42 percent increase from the $52.7 million in November 2011.

The inventory of luxury homes for sale in November was 651 — 611 single family and 40 condos. That was down 11 percent year-over-year.

The average sale price in November was $1.57 million for single-family homes and $1.37 million for condos. The most expensive home of the month cost $4 million — a five-bedroom, nine-bath, 8,159-square-foot mansion in Arapahoe County.

In the single-family category, Arapahoe County led with 21 sales, followed by Boulder County with 11 and Douglas County with eight. As for condos, Denver County led with seven.

Year-to-date, 614 single-family homes have sold, up 33 percent from 2011, and 56 condos have been sold, up 65 percent from 2011.

24/7 Wall St., a financial news and opinion operation with content delivered over the Internet, has ranked America’s top 10 most expensive neighborhoods, and the Pitkin County community of Woody Creek comes in at No. 4.

The organization used Realtor.com home pricing data, school district information, income levels and other metrics to compile its ranking.

Alpine, N.J., is No. 1. The northern New Jersey town has a median home sale price of $6.7 million, and prices have jumped 41 percent year-over-year. Alpine — home to such celebrities as Stevie Wonder, Eddie Murphy and Chris Rock — suffered damage from Hurricane Sandy, but residents are likely to begin restoration efforts immediately.

The San Francisco suburb of Ross ranked No. 2 with a median list price of $5.3 million, followed by New York City, where the median list price was $5.1 million, and Woody Creek, at $4.93 million.

Of Woody Creek, the report said: “Visitors may find it difficult to believe that this once-rustic part of Colorado, located near the posh community of Aspen, is centered around an eponymously named tavern where Hunter S. Thompson held court.

“In recent decades, the presence of other iconoclastic artists, including rock stars, has further strengthened property values. Inventory has held steady since last year, and home prices continue their steep ascent, rising by 26.4 percent between September 2011 and September of this year.”

Woody Creek has its own post office and ZIP code (81656). As of the 2010 Census, it had just 263 residents.

The Aspen Snowmass housing market rebounded this year after hitting bottom on 2009.

Sales were up 18 percent compared to a year ago, when the market plummeted 57 percent from its 2006 high, according to a report by Aspen broker Tim Estin. The market has risen 11 percent in gross dollar volume from 2009 and inventory has declined 13 percent.

Residential sales throughout the Upper Roaring Fork Valley hit a record high in 2006 with a gross dollar volume of more than $1.5 billion. That was followed by a three-year period of declining sales volume and an increase in homes for sale.

The auction of nine condos atop the Ritz-Carlton Hotel has been postponed because the necessary paperwork wasn’t completed in time.

A new date for the auction, originally scheduled for Sunday, has not been set, said Ken Stevens of Accelerated Marketing Partners, which is conducting the auction. Stevens expects to receive the paperwork from the Colorado Division of Real Estate by Sept. 9 and will set a new date after that.

“It’s not good, with all the other things that have been going on with the property,” Stevens said. “But we’ve got some very strong interest and people will hang in there for us.”

The condos are being rebranded as The Residences at 1891 Curtis, and the Ritz no longer is managing the project.

The Division of Real Estate has 60 days to process an application for subdivision registration. The application for the condos was submitted July 9, said Marcia Waters, the agency’s acting director.

Only one of the project’s 25 units sold before the remaining condos were foreclosed on in November. The 202-unit Ritz-Carlton was not part of the foreclosure.

Minimum bids for the condos range from $250,000 for a 1,143-square-foot one-bedroom unit that had a previous price tag of $560,000, to $1.05 million for the 4,495-square-foot, three-bedroom penthouse that was listed for $2.4 million.

Luxury home sales in metro Denver metro area rose in June to their highest level in nearly two years, according to an analysis of Metrolist data by Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage.

A total of 67 homes sold for more than $1 million last month, up 22 percent from May and 3 percent from a year ago when 55 and 65 properties sold, respectively. It was the highest level for luxury sales since 89 properties changed hands in August 2008.

The median sale price of homes listed above $1 million in June was $1.34 million, up 4.7 percent from May’s $1.28 million median, but down 2.8 percent from the median a year ago of $1.38 million. Home sellers received an average of 90 percent of their asking price, down from 93 percent in May but up from 87 percent last year.

The analysis also found:

* The most expensive sale was a six-bedroom, five-bath 7,403-square-foot home in Denver for $3.95 million.

* Denver had the most million-dollar sales with 17, followed by Boulder with 13, Castle Rock with seven, Cherry Hills with six and Greenwood Village with five.

* It took an average of 115 days to sell a million-dollar home in the region, down from 122 days the previous month but up from 103 days a year ago.

Sales of million-dollar homes in the Denver metro area dipped slightly last month, while the median sale price was up fractionally month-over-month, according to an analysis by Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage.

A total of 34 homes sold for more than $1 million in March, down from 37 in February and 36 during the same period a year ago. Meanwhile, the median sale price of luxury homes was $1.35 million up slightly from $1.32 million the previous month but down 2.7 percent from $1.39 million a year ago.

Although volume is leveling off, million-dollar homes are selling faster, with properties taking an average of 101 days to sell compared to 184 the previous month and 130 a year ago.

Emilie Rusch covers retail and commercial real estate for The Post. A Wisconsin native and Mizzou graduate, she moved to Colorado in 2012. Before that, she worked at a small daily newspaper in South Dakota. It's the one with Mount Rushmore.